US won’t oppose Israel’s E1 settlement plan East of Jerusalem, envoy Huckabee says – Middle East Monitor

US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, stated that the United States does not oppose the “massive expansion” of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and does not view it as a violation of international law. 

In an interview with Israeli Army Radio, Huckabee emphasised that decisions regarding substantial development in the E1 area of occupied Jerusalem, which would isolate East Jerusalem from its geographic surroundings and separate the northern…